The UNFCCC secretariat supports the participation of environmental journalists from developing
countries at its conferences through media training workshops, jointly organized with the Com+ sustainable
development communications alliance. These workshops seek to raise awareness of the climate change
issue and help to highlight implementation activities and positive climate action on the ground.
Presentations are given by UNFCCC, partner UN agencies and civil society organizations.

These workshops have been supported by the governments of Spain, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands.
In addition, pre-COP media workshops were organized ahead of COP16 and COP17 for regional media and the
international press corps on location in cooperation with regional UN
Information Centers and the governments of Mexico and South Africa.